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Mescal

noun

A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons. Synonyms: Lophophora williamsii, mezcal, peyote.

A colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant).

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"Mescal" Quotes from Famous Books

... it. My conscience would not permit me. I see no record in this balance-sheet of the three dozen of Guinness that was ordered for the dressing-room. And there is not a word about the box of Havanas, which William Mescal ordered specially from Dublin; nor any mention of the soda-water and accompaniments that were hauled up in a basket through the back window. Really, I cannot allow it, gentlemen, ...

— My New Curate • P.A. Sheehan

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